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G. E. LAEDERIOH. WINDING AND SETTING WATCHES.

No. 47,370. PatentedApr. 18, 1865.

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I). EVLAEDERIGH. WINDING AND SETTING WATCHES.

Patented Apr. 18, 1865 UNITED STATES PATENT I OFFICE.

CHARLES EUGENE LAEDERICH, OF ST. IMIER', SWITZER AND.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDING AND SETTING WATCHES.

Specification" forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,370, dated April18, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknow'n thatI, CHARLES EUGENE LAED- ERICH, of St. Imier, in theRepublic of Switzerland, have invented Improvements in Watches;

present, although the principal parts alreadydescribed in my patent ofNovember 10,1863, are made use of, the said parts are combined orarranged in a manner different from that described in the said patent.

I must at once remark here that, for the sake of elearness only, thoseparts as refer more especially to the remontoir arrangements aredescribed in this specification and represented in the drawings, theremainder remaining the same as in ordinary watches.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the pillar or pallet plate (I, of my improvedremontoir or keyless watch, showing the parts required for the windingup of the watch and for the setting of the hands. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view of the said parts. Figs. 3 and 3 show plan views,and Fig. at a sectional view, of the said parts of anothermodificationviz., with the parts for the winding up of the Watch on oneand those for the setting of the hands on the opposite side of thepillar-plate a. Fig. 5 represents a separate View of the principal wheelfor the winding up, shown from the outside.

In thesefigures the pillar or pallet plate a is represented without theouter casing of the watch, and on a scale twice the natural size.

In Figs. 1 and 2, ais the pillar-plate; c, the knob of the spindle d,this latter entering in the plate a and gliding in a fixed button orguide-piece, c, Figs. 4 and 7. This spindled is provided at g and g withnotches for allowing the wheel h to revolve freely. This wheel h isfixed to that, 1 provided with ratchet or other suitable cogs orindentations, and is situated in a depression provided purposely in thepillar-plate a, round the guide-piece a, the wheel t being further keptin position by means of a disk, 7:, fixed to this guide-piece e. Thewheel 6 drives the wheel on, situated on the axis of the spring-barrelof the watch, for the windingup of this latter. The wheel mmay be fixedto this axis either by a square part or socket'or by a left-hand screw.

In the drawings the stop a, mentioned in my patent of November 10, 1863,is not represented, but the same may be arranged in such manner as toserve for pushing forward orbackward the spindle (1, instead of by hand.The minute-wheel p is situated on the continuation of the axis of thespindle (I, carrying the pinion f. This wheel of eighteen teeth drives apinion, g, of six teeth, the end or socket r of the axis ot'whichcarries theminute-hand,whieh hand may either set loose on the peg s orbe fixed thereto. The pinion (1 drives an eighteen-tooth wheel, 2,carrying an eight-tooth pinion, a, thislatter driving a thirty-two toothwheel, v, provided with the hollow axis or soeket 00 for the hour-hand,turning freely on the hollow axle or socket r of the pinion g. Thesocket x carries the hour-hand.

A modification of my improved remontoir arrangement consists in havingthe parts for the winding up of the watch situated on one side ofthepillar-plate a, and those for the setting of the hands on theopposite side of this plate. Figs. 3 and 3 represent the plate a. (Seenfrom the side at which are situated the parts for the winding up of thewatch.) Part of this plate a is formed of two thinner plates, 1) and b.The one, b,(shownin the drawings by yellow eolor,)is fixed on the other,71, by means of the screws 2, .2 z and carries the wheels int andconnecting-wheel y. The indentations ot'these wheels may be ratchet orother cogs. The guide-piece c forms part ot'oris fixed to the lowerplate, Z). The wheel 1' is driven by that, h, (this latter shownseparately in Fig. 5,) in gear with the pinionfof the spindle d. Fig. 5shows in what manner the indentations of the wheel h are cuton the topor periphery of a cylindrical part, so as to allow of thementeringdeeper into the depression oithe plate aviz., to about onehalfthe depth or thickness of this plate-in order to come in gear with thepinionf. The wheel 2), for the setting of the hands, is situated on'theopposite side, (see Fig. 4,) and its indentations are turned upward inorder to be in gear with the pinion f on the opposite side to the wheel71.. The remainder of the wheels for the setting of the hands has notbeen shown in these figures, in order to avoid confusion. They maybesituated either in the manner just described or in that described inmypatent-of November 10,1863.

Another modification or more simple arrangement of my remontoir isrepresented in Figs. 6 and 7, Fig. 6 showing a plan view of thepillar-plate a, with the dial removed, whereas Fig. 7 is. a sectionalview over the diameter of the said plate, while Fig. 8 represents thesocket 1' provided with a crownwheel, 19, which may be brought in gearwith the pinion f. This wheel 19 is situated in the center of thepillar-plate a, and the wheeli placed nearer to the center of the plate.This arrangement dispenseswit-h the use ofthe eighteen tooth wheel, thewheel 1) driving at once the minute-hand, and also the hollow arbor a:of the hour-hand. This latter arrangement is based, however, on the sameprinciples as the preceding ones-via, allowing the pinion f to shiftposition from the parts for winding up to those for the setting of thehands, the said pinion being in gear at one time with the wheel h and atthe other with the wheel 1).

. I wish it to be observed that the wheel 9 is provided at the top witha pinion, s, for driving the socket on for the hour-hand by means of thetrain of wheels s s" s.

As an important feature of my invention, I consider the putting aside bymy improvements of the ratchet hitherto generally made use of inremontoir watches, the said result being obtained by allowing the pinionf to shift position at once from the parts for winding up the watch tothosefor the setting of the hands, the spindle d of the said pinionpassing and traversing in front of the wheel 11, so as to come in gearat one time with this latter and at another time with the wheel 1),while the notch g g in the spindle 01 allows the revolving of the wheelh. My improved arrangements of remontoir consequently allow, first, ofhaving at pleasure the parts for the setting of the hands and those forthe winding up of the watch situated on the same side of thepillar-plate of the watch underneath the dial; second, having the partsfor the winding up situated in view at the back part of the inside ofthe watch, this latter being provided in this case with the additionalor connecting wheel 3 in order that for winding up as well as for thesetting of the hands the spindle d is to be turned from left to right,while the setting of the hands continues to take place in the ordinaryniannerviz.,from underneath the dial; third, of having the parts for thewinding up of the watch and those for the setting of the hands bothvisible at the back of the inside of the watch.

Each of the improvements above described alows of passing directly fromthe winding up of the watch to the setting of the hands bymeans of thespindle d, thepinion f of which being alternately set in gear with thewheel h, and the wheel 1) thus causes the said pinion to act, as itwere, as a double pinion, the same being of sufficient length forallowing one part or end of its indentations to be set in gear with thewheel h and afterward the opposite end with the wheel 12. The middlepart of this pinion might consequently remain cylindrical orsmooth-viz., without indentationsthe entire thus forming, as it were,two pinions, connected together lengthwise by the said cylindrical part,or else be considered as a cylinder provided ateach end part withiiidentations, each of these end parts thus acting as a pinion. Thisarrangement is represented, respectively, in plan and in side view inFigs. 9 and 10, while Fig. 11 represents part of the plan view of Fig.9, in which the wheels 1', m, and p, have been removed in order clearerto show the spindle d and pinions f and f.

Fig. 12 shows a side view or another modification, in which the pinionsf and f are situated farther apart, while instead of being bothbevel-shaped, the one, f, is cylindrical. In Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 thesame letters refer to corresponding parts.

In the arrangements shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11 the wheels h and p areboth beveled, so as to correspond with the beveled teeth of the pinionsf and f, whereas in Fig. 12 the wheel his an ordinary crown-wheel, so asto correspond with the cylindrical pinion f. The part It of the spindled is made square, and moves freely in a corresponding perforation in thecylindrical boss 1, to which latter is affixed the milled knob c, bymeans of which the boss 1 may be caused to turn without shiftingpositionlongitudinally. The spindle d, in advancing, puts the pinion fin gear with the wheel 12, whereas by pushing the spindle d backwardthis pinion f leaves the wheel 11, and on its turn the pinion f comes ingear with the wheel h. For this purpose the end of the arm 1' of alever, r s, turning on a screw-pin, s, is inserted in a neck, 0, ofspindle d, a spring, a, pushing from underneath againstthe other arm ofthe lever r s. By pressing on the stud t, fixed to the arm 1", and whichstud passes freely through a corresponding opening in the outer casingof the watch, the spindle d will be pushed forward, so as to set thepinion f in gear with the wheel 1); butimmediately the pressure on thestud t ceases the spring a will cause the lever-aria r, and

consequently the spindle d, to recede, thereby disengaging the pinion ffrom the wheel p, whereas the pinion f is set in gear with the wheel h.

Fig. ll shows a slight modification in the arrangement of the lever rsand spring u. The lever r 8 turns on a spindle, s, and is constantlypushed back by the spring a. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 12, bypushing forward the spindle (1 the bevel-pinion f will be set in gearwith the bevel-wheel p, and

theeylindrical pinion f be disconnected from the wheel h and carriedtoward the center of this latter. On the contrary, the spindle (Z bein gpushed backward,- the pinionf will leave the Wheel 1), and thecylindrical pinion f be set in gear with the crown-wheel h.

For throwing the pinions f and f out and v in gear other mechanicalcontrivances might be resorted tosuch, for instance, as that calledBrequet watch-key scapement but the distinguishing feature of theinvention remains unimpaired-yin, that of allowing to pass directly fromthe Winding up to the set tng of the hands by means of the sole spindled, carrying either the pinionfor the pinionsf andj", for performingalternately one or the other of'the said operations.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, I clain1- Theabove-described arrangement and open ation of the stern and its pinionwith the train and other wheels, for the purpose and in the mannersubstantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings.

GHLES. EUGNE. LAEDERIGH.

Witnesses:

E. SHERMAN GOULD, DREYFUS.

